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19 July 2019 NEWSLETTER ISSUE 39

Message from the Headteacher

It has been a very busy and long autumn term and we are all ready for a holiday. This week has been particularly

busy in school and it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! We had our Christmas Carol Service on Wednesday

evening, reward activities for students in Years 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 took place over the last two weeks, Finally

our Christmas Mass was celebrated today with Fr Pat. Many thanks to all the staff and students who have worked

so hard in preparation for all our Christmas activities.

School opens on Monday 6th January.

We wish all our students, families and the local community a peaceful Christmas and a happy new year.

Ms E O’Connor

Cardinal Newman

Catholic School

Holy Cross Catholic Multi Academy Company

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A Prayer for Christmas

Father, we praise and thank you for this Christmas

time, for your love towards us and that you have

shown your love in the gift of your son, Jesus, who

came to be our Saviour. Help us to show our

gratitude and our love for you as we behave in a

loving, caring, thoughtful way to other people.

May the love which came down at Christmas be

spread throughout the whole world.

Amen

Dates for your Diary

Monday 6 January - Return to school

Sunday 19th January - St Osburg’s Parish Mass

Thursday 23rd January - Y8 Parents Evening 4.30pm -

7.15pm

Donations are urgently required to support the Coventry

Foodbank. The Foodbank is a long term project the school is

involved with.

Food bank numbers have increased by 13% in the last year

with 1.3 million people now attending them.

Items urgently required are: coffee, sugar (500g or 1kg), rice,

rice pudding, long life milk (UHT), tinned fruit, long life juice,

squash and toiletries.

Additional items needed are carrier bags (For items to be

taken away in), winter hats, scarves, gloves and socks. Also

with Christmas approaching any Christmas based food items

that can be packed into family hampers.

If you are able to support, please send your items into

school reception. Thank you.

Peace & Justice Group

Year 7 Christmas Dinner

On Wednesday 11th December, all of Year 7 celebrated the

end of their first term at Cardinal Newman by enjoying a

Christmas feast with their tutors.

Not only were students singing along to festive tunes, they

pulled crackers, shared jokes and even had a special visit

from Santa who presented chocolate treats for all!

A huge well done goes to the following tutor groups who

were rewarded with selection boxes for some excellent

achievements this term:

7RCY- the most positive points

7TGN – the highest attendance and the most ASPIRE points

7NSI – the second highest attendance

We hope students enjoyed their Christmas treats!

It was such a nice experience to share

with my tutor group – Thomas Heath

7KAN

Cardinal Newman Students Go Voting!

On Thursday 12th December when the rest of the country

were making important decisions about the future of our

country, students at Cardinal Newman were also having

their say.

Students had been presented with the manifestos of the

three parties running in school during tutor time in the run

up to the election which allowed them to think about the

party they felt would be best for their future. Students

watched election videos and discussed the election as a

talking point just prior to voting. The polling station was

very busy all day even with the poor weather conditions.

The Student Council lead by the Head Boy Oliver Kelly and

Head Girl Ellie Moorcroft and members of Year 12/13

manned the polling station all day and did an excellent job

ensuring that everyone moved through the polling booths

smoothly.

The school community were updated throughout the day on

the exit polls. A huge thank you to our three candidates

who took part Erin Purewal for Liberal Democrats, Rishil

Chauhan for the Conservative Party and Kieran Purewal for

the Labour Party.

The results were as follows:

Liberal Democratic 279

Labour Party 655

Conservative 226

Congratulations to Kieran on winning the election in school.

If you would like to see the manifestos for each of the

parties their election video is on our school

website.

Year 11 Rewards Trip

This term has been a very busy one for Year 11. Alongside

their normal lessons they have been attending intervention

sessions at tutor time and extra lessons after school with

various subject staff; they have also sat their first round if

mock papers this year.

To celebrate their hard work and dedication they were

rewarded with a trip to Coventry Skydome. Students were

given the choice of an Ice Skating session or going to the

cinema to watch Jumangi 2. Whichever activity they chose

students had a great time relaxing after their very busy term.

Staff were impressed with their conduct and behaviour and

also highly entertained by the ones that landed in the ice! It

was lovely to see how helpful and caring they were to each

other!

Thank you to the Year 11 Team that went with them and we

are looking forward to more hard work and adventure next

term.

Year 11 ‘A Christmas Carol’ Theatre Trip

On Tuesday 17th December, 100 Year 11 students went to

see a production of the Dickens classic ‘A Christmas Carol’ at

the Derby Theatre.

Students’ behaviour was exemplary as they represented the

school perfectly throughout the day.

The production itself was lively yet poignant, highlighting the

allegorical importance of giving to those in need.

Students were very quick to identify the key quotations from

the novella that were not included in the performance and

showed excellent understanding of their set text in their eval-

uations of the performance.

Thank you to all students and staff who attended the trip.

Sports News

Tuesday 3rd December 2019 -West

Midlands Cup vs Sandwell

Academy

Year 10 went in to this game in mixed opinions knowing

Sandwell Academy are a good side and arguably favourites

to win the competition. With one off the normal starting 11,

with Antonio being off absent the team had to be changed

around a little. From start to finish Newman were excellent

and out played Sandwell in every position going with some

big performances all round. Bradley Stretton started the

scoring off with an excellent knuckle ball free-kick that went

in to the top corner and added a second shortly after from

the penalty spot. Tom Campbell made it 3 shortly after.

Second half was a lot closer and with some big saves from

Zach Hedge and Brody who played in goal for a short stint

of the game, we came out 3-1 worthy winners moving on to

the quarter finals of the West Mids. Man of the Match went

to Musa Touray who could not be faulted and filled in at CM

for Anton.

Thursday 5th December 2019 - English

Schools Cup vs National Church of

England

This game turned out to be quite a tough one for the boys

knowing nothing about the opposition and in all fairness

made it very hard for themselves. The game was quite end

to end with no clear cut chances coming at either end under

some wet and windy conditions. Anton made a return for

this game and made a difference when he come on and it

was his corner that brought us the goal after Tom Campbell

hit a shot and it was turned in by a defender resulting in an

own goal. A win is a win and Year 10 are now through to

round 5 of the ESFA Cup. Well done! Man of the match

went to Brandon Williams.

Cardinal Newman 39 - 0 Westwood

Academy

Another win for our KS3 basketball team away at West-

wood Academy. The team were unstoppable and improve in

every game. Hollie Cox helped coach and with her assis-

tance we were also able to calculate our top scorers found

below:

Player of the match: Kyle Ojong

Highest Scorers:

David Odeh 16

Richard Naglis-dics 10

Kaidon Mackey 8

The Boy in the Dress – Theatre Trip

On the 5th December, 150 students from Year 7 and Year 8

has the fantastic opportunity to watch a performance of ‘The

Boy in the Dress’ at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Strat-

ford. The musical was an adaptation of the bestselling novel by

acclaimed children’s author David Walliams and explored the

life of Denis, a twelve-year boy who enjoys both football and

cross-dressing. The text attempts to break down barriers of

gender stereotypes and had an inspiring message that it’s ok to

be yourself. The production itself was incredible; the cos-

tumes, lighting, set and music were all of the highest qualities

and the actors brought the audience to laughter and to tears

(teachers included). Overall, it was a fantastic experience and

a brilliant way to end the first term at Cardinal Newman.

Reported by Caitlin Ward (7RCY)

Children’s Peace Poem

Congratulations to Maille O'Toole who is the joint winner

of the Coventry & Warwickshire Children’s Peace Poem

2020 with her poem 'Knife Crime'. The poems will be

published in a book containing all of the entries -

www.coventrycityofpeace.uk/store

There will be a ceremony following the Christmas break at

which the Lord Mayor will award Maille with a copy of the

book plus book tokens!

Well done Maille!

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We are holding a mock interview day for Year 11 on

Wednesday 8 January. Students have been supported in writ-

ing a CV and completing an application form for one of seven

apprenticeship vacancies. They will each be interviewed by

one of over twenty local employers from a range of compa-

nies including: Mecalec, Primary Goal, DWP, Coventry Univer-

sity, Wilmott Dixon, Robertsons, Newman University and

ESFA. Interviews will be for approximately fifteen minutes be-

fore they receive some informal feedback to help them im-

prove for any future interviews.

This will offer them a valuable opportunity to work on

interview skills and their employability. Students will be

notified of their appointments when they return to school after

the New Year.

Instrumental Exam Results

Antonia Poleszak- Grade 1 Piano distinction

Ava Jarvis Grade 1 Classical Guitar- Distinction

Olivia Brooke Grade 1 Classical Guitar- Distinction

Oliwia Luszcz Grade 2 Classical Guitar -Distinction

Zach McDermott Grade 2 Classical Guitar Distinction

Millie Shine Grade 2 Classical Guitar Distinction

Cassie Shine Grade 5 Classical Guitar Merit

Caelan Corkery Grade 4 Classical Guitar Distinction

Diego Villarreal has got a distinction in his grade 8 drum

exam!

Well done to all!

Duke of Edinburgh

Congratulations to Kian Kirk and Erin Anderson, our Duke of

Edinburgh Ambassadors 2019.

Christmas Celebrations

On the 9th December, the Student Leadership Team invited

20 VIPs from our local Parish to come in for early Christmas celebrations. This consisted of celebrating with a Christmas

meal, listening to carols from the Year 7 and participating in a

Quiz, hosted by two year 13 students, Vic and Maddie.

During this celebration, we decided that we would embrace

our Irish roots this Christmas by watching a well-rehearsed

Irish Dance routine from Ella Murphy and Oliver Kelly.

Our afternoon ended by listening to a fantastic performance

from Sean Gallagher (playing the accordion) and Joe Bracken

(playing the tin whistle)

Carol Service

On Wednesday 18th December we held our annual Carol Service. It has now become our tradition for Year 7

students to lead this service during the season of advent. Our younger students performed some beautiful

carols whilst retelling the Christmas story through Drama, poetry and song. We were delighted to welcome over

500 parents, carers and visitors to help us celebrate the festive time of year.

Thank you to the students who took part in the service. A special thank you to Mrs Smith for coordinating all the

music and the choir. We would also like to thank Mrs Minshull and the Year 7 tutors were busy rehearsing all the

carols during the season of advent. Congratulations on a wonderful performance Year 7!

Stars of the Fortnight

Members of staff have been nominating students who they feel have been 'stars of the fortnight'. Students have been

awarded for a variety of things including excellent effort, excellent pieces of work, improved attendance and acts of

kindness to name but a few. Well done to you all. Nominations from the last two weeks are:

Headteacher’s Nominations

Zach McDermott & Ciar Jones 8 NWH/ 9RDS For their fantastic performance in the Carol service.

Leadership Team Nominations

Miss Goodwin Daniel Delahunty 11NML For demonstrating excellent knowledge in English.

Mr Versey Hannah Painter 10ABK For an excellent outcome in the Mathematics autumn

assessment.

Miss Caherty Keiria Flemmings 7NSI For superb effort in all R.E lessons.

Mr Timmins Oliver Kelly & Ellie Moorcroft Y13 For their exceptional work setting up and running the

general election.

Faculty Nominations

Art Niamh Strong 9ABI For her continual effort in art and producing a fantastic self

portrait.

Business Studies Konrad Zeno 9AHR Outstanding level of application and concentration in every

lesson - a wonderful attitude to his studies.

English Brody Houston 10JGD For excellent preparation and delivery of Spoken English

assessment.

Geography Aoife Mchugh 10AMI For a superb year 10 Christmas exam result (grade 9)

Well done!

Music Diego Villarreal 11MCN For his distinction grade 8 in his drum exam, well done

Diego!

P.E Elizabete Kokorevica 7RCY For her outstanding Gymnastic routine.

Science Kirijan Varatharajan 10LEN For his huge improvement in assessment grades. Great

progress!

History Rhianna O’Connor 10KWD For her excellent assessment outcome.

Student Support Orlagh Harvey 8ASA For showing great resilience and achieving a fantastic result in

her English speaking assessment.

Vocational Education Tara Davin 12RCT Improved attitude and excellent effort displayed to her

Health and Social Care studies.

Head of Year Nominations

Year 7 Alexis O’Brien 7LHR For scoring 98% in her singing & music exam (outside

school)

Year 8 Brodie Jones 8SON An all round legend. Amazing charity work and such a

lovely person.

Year 9 Ocean White & Mia Haughney Y9 For their amazing charity work.

Year 10 Harsimran Nagra 10ABK Outstanding attitude and dedication displayed

to her studies . A positive role model to her